To the church at Corinth.
Paul was a Jewish leader, formerly named Saul. Timothy was his right hand man whose mother was a Jew and his father was a Greek. Corinth was an important Greek port of the time. Corinth had a lot of sexual immorality in it and had a huge temple everyone could see on top of the hill to the goddess of love. STDs were everywhere in Corinth.
"Praise be to the God...of all comfort who comforts us in all our trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God. "
God comforts us so we can comfort others.. The bad things we go through can help us to sympathize with others going through similar things Paul himself had faced death many times, and felt like God was teaching him to fully rely on God.
Paul is reminding them God is not fickle, but trustworthy. When God says "Yes" he means yes.
The Holy Spirit is a kind of seed blessing to greater blessings we will receive in heaven.
Paul ended chapter one saying that it is by faith that we stand firm. Faith keeps us from giving into evil.
Prayer: Lord, give me sympathy for the hurting people around me. Help me to walk by faith and not by sight- fully relying on you.
Corinth- On top of mountain was the Temple to Aphrodite, goddess of love. 
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